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Wire Host Max Micheel and Producers Emmanuel Orange and Florian Bell take you through the Wednesday Wire.

The Wednesday Wire includes our weekly catch-up with the Green Party's Ricardo Menéndez March.

And on the fortnightly segment Get Action!, we talk to different Action Station petitioners campaigning for a fairer future.

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European Correspondence w/ Mary-Margaret: January 15, 2019

European Correspondence w/ Mary-Margaret: January 15, 2019 European Correspondence w/ Mary-Margaret: January 15, 2019, 8.24 MB

Tue 15 Jan 2019

Conservative leader Theresa May’s future hangs in the balance - an all-important vote tomorrow deciding whether her Brexit deal will survive, or whether a general election may be triggered by the Opposition.

European correspondent Mary-Margaret Slack chats to Stewart about the feel on the ground.

Higher penalties for food contamination w/ Nathan Guy: January 15, 2019

Higher penalties for food contamination w/ Nathan Guy: January 15, 2019 Higher penalties for food contamination w/ Nathan Guy: January 15, 2019, 4.37 MB

Tue 15 Jan 2019

The National Party are calling for stricter punishments for food contamination. It comes after a string of incidents both here and across the ditch, involving needles being put into strawberries.

MP Nathan Guy has proposed a member’s bill that would see prison sentences for food saboteurs increase up to 14 years - and says it’s because New Zealand’s economy and reputation rests so highly on our food production.

Stewart spoke with Nathan Guy, and started by asking him to explain our bill.

The Weekly Five w/ Stewart Sowman-Lund: January 15, 2019

The Weekly Five w/ Stewart Sowman-Lund: January 15, 2019 The Weekly Five w/ Stewart Sowman-Lund: January 15, 2019, 3.18 MB

Tue 15 Jan 2019

Time for a new segment where Stewart wraps up a few interesting stories from the past week that you might have missed on the news. This is the first (and possibly last) edition. Enjoy!

The Wire with Stewart: January 15, 2019

The Wire with Stewart: January 15, 2019 The Wire with Stewart: January 15, 2019, 102.58 MB

Tue 15 Jan 2019

Stewart's taking over the Tuesday Wire and things managed to actually go to plan? He's alone in the studio but the show's still packed full of content:

With tomorrow’s all important Brexit vote, Stewart chats with our new European correspondent Mary-Margaret Slack who’s on the ground in the UK
Plus, Green Desk is back for another year: Mitch Fuller spoke to Hinewai Reserve Manager Hugh Wilson about the Hinewai Reserve, a regenerating area of native forest on the Banks Peninsula.
Then, National Party MP Nathan Guy speaks with Stewart about his new member’s bill calling for the contamination of food.
After that, Lillian Hanly speaks to the CEO of Surf Life Saving Northern Region about being safe in the water following a number of drownings that have occurred over the past couple weeks
Finally, Stewart runs through a few stories from the past week that you might not have heard, in The Weekly Five.

I/V w/ Research Fellow Malvindar Singh-Bains on Huntington's Disease, possible drug treatments and awards: January 14, 2019

I/V w/ Research Fellow Malvindar Singh-Bains on Huntington's Disease, possible drug treatments and awards: January 14, 2019 I/V w/ Research Fellow Malvindar Singh-Bains on Huntington's Disease, possible drug treatments and awards: January 14, 2019, 20.23 MB

Mon 14 Jan 2019

Huntington’s is a genetic neurodegenerative disease. About one in every 10,000 people has Huntington’s Disease, but one in 1000 people are affected by its effects. It is caused by an expanded gene in a person’s DNA. Every person has that particular gene, but only some have the mutation. The biggest breakthrough in Huntington’s research occurred in the 90s, but more recently, there has been breakthroughs in regards to possible treatments. Malvindar Singh-Bains is a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland Centre for Brain Research and has had extensive involvement in researching this disease. Lillian Hanly, whose family has the Huntington’s disease, caught up with Malvindar for quite a long chat at the end of last year about her work, Huntington’s research, and possible drug treatments. These drug trials are being considered the biggest breakthrough in terms of the disease since the gene itself was discovered in the 90s.

The Wire with Jemima: January 14, 2019

The Wire with Jemima: January 14, 2019 The Wire with Jemima: January 14, 2019, 101.81 MB

Mon 14 Jan 2019

This week on the Monday Wire for our regular Green Party segment Jemima speaks to co-leader Marama Davidson about the success of COP24, the #wastefreeholidays campaign and what the Green Party has in store for 2019. Lillian spoke to Malvindar Singh-Bains, a research fellow at the University of Auckland centre for Brain Research, about Huntington's disease. We play a short extract from the Big Q's panel on climate change last year. Finally I speak to Wendy Allison from Know Your Stuff about safe drug testing over the festival season.

Safe Drug Testing w/ Know Your Stuff: January 14, 2019

Safe Drug Testing w/ Know Your Stuff: January 19, 2019 Safe Drug Testing w/ Know Your Stuff: January 19, 2019, 5.95 MB

Mon 14 Jan 2019

Over the holiday period thousands of people attend events and festivals where recreational drug use takes place. For some time there have been questions around how the government and event organisers should deal with this. Know Your Stuff is an organisation that provides drug harm reduction services such as drug checking at events around New Zealand. Jemima spoke to Wendy Allison from Know Your Stuff about what the organisation does and why the current laws around recreation drug use are not keeping people safe.

An Ode to the bFM News Volly: Except, it's not a poem.

An Ode to the bFM News Volly: Except, it's not a poem. , 16.87 MB

Fri 21 Dec 2018

The final show of the year calls for a reminder of how hard the Journalists here at bFM work. This is a small round up of just some of the great news coverage they have done.

Click the links below to listen to the featured stories in full:

https://95bfm.com/bcast/wire-worry-week-sexual-harassment-i-v-w-māmari-stephens-september-19-2018

http://95bfm.com/bcast/save-our-library

https://95bfm.com/bcast/the-creative-arts-are-dead-long-live-the-creative-arts-the-opening-of-samoa-house-library-september

http://95bfm.com/bcast/dr-cornel-west-on-free-speech-utopian-futures-and-music-august-15-2018

https://95bfm.com/bcast/wire-worry-week-medicinal-cannabis-bill-july-25-2018

http://95bfm.com/bcast/i-v-w-organise-aotearoa-december-5-2018